Thomas Meehan (1826-1901), a British-born nurseryman, was
Kew gardener in 1846-1848; from 1853 at Germantown (Philadelphia). He was the
editor of the Gardenerís monthly and the founder of Meehanís monthly,
a magazine of horticulture, botany, etc. The nice chromolithographed plates
after paintings by Alois Lunzer and lithographed by Louis Prang, who published
many books on natural history.* Nissen BBI 1331; Stafleu & Cowan 5783.